| Course Title: Issues in Contemporary Anthropological Theory |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course explores the major theoretical frameworks developed and debated by anthropologists of the past two decades. It covers core issues in anthropological epistemology, the relationship of ethnography to social and cultural theory, trends in anthropological analysis, and the place of anthropological theory in broader academic and public discourses. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Matthew Watson | mcwatson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Wednesday | 07:15PM - 10:05PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 203 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in anthropology including ANTHR-235. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Five College students must obtain instructor permission to register. |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 20 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene Author: Haraway, Donna Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780822362241 Publisher: Duke University Press |
Required | 26.95 |
| Title: How Forests Think: Toward an Anthropology Beyond the Human Author: Kohn, Eduardo Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0520276116 Publisher: University of California Press |
Required | 29.95 |
| Title: In the Wake: On Blackness and Being Author: Sharpe, Christina Copyright: 2016 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0822362945 Publisher: Duke University Press |
Required | 24.95 |
| Title: Ordinary Affects Author: Stewart, Kathleen Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0822341077 Publisher: Duke University Press |
Required | 19.95 |
| Title: Because When God Is too Busy: Haiti, Me, and the World Author: Ulysse, Gina Athena Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0819577359 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press |
Required | 15.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Odyssey Bookshop |